“Pride is an illusion, a lie and a thief. And since it is a truth of faith that we are nothing, he who esteems himself and thinks that he is someone is a seducer who deceives himself.”
-St. John Eudes

For Reflection:
Why is pride so lethal to the spiritual life? How does pride seduce us? (See tomorrow’s Grace Line for one saint’s explanation.)

Full of Grace:
Women and the Abundant Life
Johnnette Benkovic
Pb 238 pgs
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Chapter One   Page 11
The Special Call and Gift of Woman

And, yet in a certain sense, God extends the call He issued to Mary to each of us. Will you bring my Son into the world?  Will you carry Him in the womb of your heart as Mary carried Him in the womb of her body? Will you birth Him into the lives of others, that all might come to experience the grace of redemption and eternal life?